I get up Sunday morning hop in my truck with the race car on the trailer loaded up tied down ready to go racing. I get to the top of the Cajon Pass on I-15 and start down, after a mile or two all of sudden the trailer brake feels like it came on and was stopping the truck. I looked in my mirror and the left rear tire on the trailer (dual axle) looks like a Top Fueler doing a burnout. I get it pulled over on the shoulder and check it out my first thought was I seized a bearing or flat tire. The tire was pushed back against the fender, I got under the trailer and the 4 leaf spring was now 2-1/2 the bottom leaf was gone and the next one broke in half and the whole axle shifted back. I got my floor jack and jacked up the trailer frame and found out I could push the axle back into where it should go but it would only have half a leaf to hold it in place. So I'm walking around the side of the trailer trying to figure out a way out of this when I looked in the dirt and saw a couple of new 5/8" wheel studs. What saved me was I had my tools for the race car so I put the stud in the space where the leafs go and tightened the U bolts down so the threads would bite into the metal and started the truck and limped it down to the next off ramp. My thinking was if I could make it to the next off ramp (about 3 miles ) I'll deal with it there off the freeway. The Rube Goldberg fix held to the off ramp so I turned around and went back up the Cajon Pass at 35 MPH, I kept waiting for the repair to give up the game but it hung in there and I limped the truck and trailer about 20 miles to my house. Anybody know a good trailer parts house online ? Check out the freeway fix it job.
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Northern Tool?

Yowser.........Nice Mcgyver job tho!!!!

Dan

Yowser.........Nice Mcgyver job tho!!!!

Dan
indeed!

Farm stores generally carry trailer parts. Places like TSC, Quality Farm and Fleet, etc. If you've got one of those in your area, you might give them a try.

Does'nt matter what you fix at home ... but when you have Car trouble on the Road and able to pull off what you need to do to keep going .................. Way to Go !! :thumbsup:

I've said those words before " She's fixed , Lets Go ............! "

a good job it was.got you home.in nj we got trailer people for boats and car trailers.may want to check them in your area. also we got guys doing leaf springs on cars and trucks. they can also redo springs also.you in cali right? there got to be people doing it that there.also go to a web sight trailers.com
i found out got parts for my trailer less than on a web sight.

I took off a good spring from the trailer and went to the local trailer and hitch shop in my town. I put it on the counter and the guy said it's a common spring and he has them in stock and same price as the internet, nice to know I can get trailer parts in town if I need any. Thanks for the replys guys and does anybody have any good fix it stories ?